Steve -
Have you rebooted? I have seen this error when there is a sharing
violation. Occasionally I close a file and W2K doesn't get it and nutures a
neurotic belief that the file is still open. The only cure is to reboot the
machine.
Bernie
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At 09:15 AM 7/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Okay, guys, I'm hopin' f/a quick answer on this. It might be more in the
>area of WIN2K than RBase, but, I figured, either way, one of y'all will
>probably know the solution.
>
>So, I'm rockin' along at home yesterday, makin' changes to forms and code on
>my beautiful new laptop, moving forward with integration (-type, but a bit
>unstructured) testing, when, with all my mod's to this point working, when,
>presented in a dialogue, I get this error message :
>
> "-ERROR- Unable to open file: MY_FILE_NAME.CMD (2583)"
>
>So, I check the file attributes and they appear nominal - just like the
>others. I look at security (WIN2K) and it looks normal, too. I check RB
>File Depth, changing it fm 5 to 10, alas, to no avail. I'm also not aware
>of any path-related issues, and, although the path(s) are different, these
>modules are simply run fm the current directory. Umm, yes, the file is in
>the current directory.
>
>Additionally, I tried running it fm the R> and I got the same error mesage.
>
>As I still have my old(-er) WIN98 laptop (BTW, anybody got any good tips on
>migration fm old unit to new one?), I'm about to copy the changed command
>files and DB to here, and try it fm here. If it works here, then it's
>probably something related to WIN2K. Nevertheless, I'm still lookin'
>f/help.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve in Memphis ...
>(... where our state legislators can't seem to fund my "non-essential"
>operations, although my non-essential superiors [no insult to them] consider
>my work essential to our non-essential research group. W/apologies f/the
>editorial whining. -Steve)
>
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